abreviar

//ɐ.bɾɨ.ˈvjaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,152

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

abreviar is aPortugueseverb. It means: tornar breve; encurtar Pronounced /ɐ.bɾɨ.ˈvjaɾ/. Often confused with apreciar and arrepiar.

Key facts for abreviar
PropertyValue
Headwordabreviar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.bɾɨ.ˈvjaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,152
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abreviar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for abreviar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.bɾɨ.ˈvjaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #45,152 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for abreviar, with forms such as "abbreviar", "aberviar", and "abreivar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "apreciar", "arrepiar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is abreviar, spelled A-B-R-E-V-I-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    tornar breve; encurtar
  2. 2
    fazer levar menos tempo
  3. 3
    compendiar; resumir; sintetizar
  4. 4
    suprimir ou substituir parte de palavra
  5. 5
    findar em breve tempo (regido com preposição: com)
  6. 6
    atalhar

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbreviar,aberviar,abreivar,abrevair,abreviarr,abrevira,abrevviar,abrreviar,abrveiar,arbeviar,bareviar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abreviar

Misspelling Variants of "abreviar"

abbreviar9aberviar8abreivar8abrevair8abreviarr9abrevira8abrevviar9abrreviar9
Misspelling Variants of "abreviar"

Frequency rank: #45,152 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abreviar"?
"abreviar" is spelled A-B-R-E-V-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.bɾɨ.ˈvjaɾ/.
What does "abreviar" mean?
As a verb, "abreviar" means: tornar breve; encurtar
What words are commonly confused with "abreviar"?
"abreviar" is commonly confused with "apreciar", "arrepiar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abreviar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abreviar" is /ɐ.bɾɨ.ˈvjaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abreviar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.